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Book SynopsisD.
Trade ReviewCompelling picture of graduate school life... highlights important factors that contribute to student persistence and success. DiverseEducation.com 2006 The book is impressive for not merely telling you what doctoral students are thinking... but in relating what they are thinking to how they are doing-mentally, financially, socially and professionally. University Affairs 2006 Quite possibly, Nettles and Millet have produced what will quickly become a seminal piece of scholarship regarding the Ph.D. Teachers College Record 2006 The first major study of doctoral education since In Pursuit of the PhD (1992)... the magnitude of this accomplishment cannot be overstated. Harvard Educational Review 2006 This book undoubtedly makes an important contribution to the research literature on doctoral education... It breaks important new ground. -- Chris Golde Review of Higher Education 2006 An unprecedented look at how students race, walk, or crawl to the finish line. -- Scott Jaschik Inside Higher Ed 2006 This informative, comprehensive, and enjoyable book goes far beyond the initial question about funding to examine essentially all aspects of the doctoral experience. -- Kelly Ward; Susan K. Gardner Journal of Higher Education 2008 Impressive... Will undoubtedly contribute to debates over how to improve doctoral education both in the UK and US, and indeed other countries. -- Ingrid Lunt Educational Review 2008
Table of ContentsList of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Map from the Past to the Present
2. Context, Trends, and Conceptual Framework for Research
3. Survey Design and Research Logistics
4. Demographics of the Sample
5. Admissions and Screening
6. Financing a Doctoral Education
7. Socialization
8. Research Productivity
9. Satisfaction, Performance, and Progress
10. Rate of Progress, Completion, and Time to Degree
11. Predicting Experiences and Performance
12. Interpreting Field Differences
13. Group-Specific Implications
14. The Doctoral Student Experience: New Answers and New Questions
Afterword
Appendix A: Criteria and Broad Major Fields Used in This Study
Appendix B: Social and Academic Outcomes of Doctoral Students in the Biological and Physical Sciences
Appendix C: Survey of Doctoral Student Finances, Experiences, and Achievements
Appendix D: Methodology
Appendix E: Differential Effects of Attendance at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Appendix F: Predicting Experiences and Performance Regression Tables
Appendix G: Graduate Record Examination Scores: Missing Data and Distributions
References
Index
